It was the 20th minute of the match in Munich, Germany, last Tuesday when a 16-year-old Barcelona-born youngster struck an anthological strike to equalize the Spain-France semi-final of the Euro 2024.
While the Frenchman Rabiot was wondering what had happened to prevent him from saving such a masterpiece, the youngster from Mataró was already hugging his teammates on the touchline. A look at the camera and a gesture with the fingers of the hands: 3, 0, 4.
The celebration of Lamine Yamal, the FC Barcelona player, is directly related to the province of Barcelona. Specifically, with Mataró and the Rocafonda neighborhood, where he has grown up all his life.
The player himself has explained it on occasion: the enigmatic 304 that represents his hands after each celebration is the zip code of this neighborhood of Mataró: 08304.
A detail about his origins that is also reflected in his boots with a “LY304”, accompanied by the flags of the countries of origin of his parents, Equatorial Guinea and Morocco.